American reacts to 9 things I wish I knew before moving to Germany

[@thesp1r1tdragon55]

The idea that sparkling water tastes like beer is probably caused by american beer tasting like water.

[@materiaparticulata]

😂😂❤❤❤🎉🎉 Just incredibly true 😂😂

[@DaGuys470]

Why is this so accurate lol?

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Hilarious and true! 😁

[@hitshook]

Thats the comment I was looking for😂👍

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

😁👍

[@jimmyincredible3141]

"Sparkling water tastes like beer" - Can someone please send this poor man some real beer :D

[@beldin2987]

😅🤣😂

[@blatterrascheln2267]

If he has a post box we could try 😬🤭

[@ChristineImmisch]

Germanbeer😊

[@Techmagus76]

Oh she got paid, but at the end of the month and not weekly, which is very common in germany.

[@hammerlord893]

ebay kleinanzeigen is nothing like actual ebay. It's basically german craigslist. Kleinanzeigen (= classified ads) was owned by ebay for a long time but iirc they sold it to someone else a few years ago and the new owners still had the rights to keep ebay in the name. It's been renamed to just "Kleinanzeigen" now anyways.

[@avr7120]

i heard facebook marketplace is comparable but idk, we only ever use ebay kleinanzeigen in my household

[@ojas.m]

It’s owned by Marktplaats, the Dutch company. It also looks extremely similar

[@zottelhuehs6375]

to my knowledge they changed their name because they lost their rights to the ebay name

[@LythaWausW]

I think Canadians use kijiji too.

[@flitsertheo]

@@avr7120 Kleinanzeigen is more structured and supervised while the Facebook Marketplace is more "anything goes"

[@onnasenshi7739]

it's rare that people take their toilet seat with them, i worked for a moving company for a long time and never saw a toilet without a seat in it i've never had a problem vacuuming on sunday either, either the lady has fussy neighbors or a vacuum cleaner from the post-war period mini jobs are mostly taken by students, older people or as a second job, all these people already have health insurance, which means they don't have to be insured. the attitude towards cashless payment has changed a lot since corona, but many people don't know this in most shops. shops you can still pay with the deutsche mark, the currency before the euro at the end with the ambulance was because of the covid vaccination to get more people to get vaccinated

[@reinhard8053]

There was always a toilet seat when I moved in. But I had to change some of them because they were old or damaged. And some people wouldn't use the "old" toilet seat at all. There are also special motive toilet seats which might be a reason to take them.

[@lilg2300]

I'm German. I've never heard of anyone getting a fine for making noise on a sunday.

[@gameboy-nq7je]

Oh I know people who have gotten some fines, but they repeatedly blasted really loud music that could be heard through the entire village (they lived like 200-300m away and even with my window and the blinds closed I would wake up from it) and were throwing parties and screaming around basically the entire weekend until late at night and sometimes also during the week. All attempts to deal with it peacefully by multiple residents knocking on their door, or writing them letters the Ordnungsamt was called, they were fined, they didn't stop, so it was repeated until the police showed up instead of the Ordnungsamt. IDK what they did differently but I was able to sleep again. Little me was happy about it

[@eucitizen78]

Ja , weil du nicht in meinem Haus wohnst 😉

[@jenniferharrison8915]

In Australia it's a $750 min fine for disturbing your neighbours between midnight Saturday and 9am Sunday, and no power tools or building noise is acceptable at all on a Sunday! 😠

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

well given that youa re german you probably never TRIED to make alot of noise on sunday :P

[@metazock]

Normal housework is generally ok. I avoid vacuuming on sundays just to not annoy anyone but I would be allowed to legally. Drilling etc would be not allowed.

[@nettcologne9186]

Apartments don't always come without a fitted kitchen. I rented an apartment that had a kitchen installed, but the kitchen was old and I didn't like it. After consulting with the landlord, I sold the pre-installed kitchen (ebay) and used the money (plus a little money from my wallet) to buy a brand new modern kitchen that I liked.

[@realglutenfree]

Yes, also most university towns have lots of students apartments that are completely furnished

[@nettcologne9186]

You can vacuum or do laundry on Sundays, but in the film this is portrayed a little too restrictively. Many people move on weekends, which can be noisy, but you let the neighbors know and then that's okay. And bakeries/pastry shops are often open on Sunday mornings. - Many ice cream parlors, restaurants and museums, gas stations and grocery stores in major train stations and airports are also open. (In Bavaria the opening times are a bit more restrictive than in real Germany ;-)

[@filipegrieb-dunlap5625]

I'd like to know why people who live in states that depend on the Länderfinanzausgleich to meet their obligations to put orhers down. Furthermore, maybe Cologne shouks control their crime bwfore they put other gituesvor states down. Do I need to remind you of the mass rapes on New Year's Eve. And lastly, have you ever lived in Bavaria since you pretend to know so much and seem ti feel wntitled to make racist at worst but defniy derogarmtary statments about others.

[@klamin_original]

I like the way you’re talking about paradise Germany aka Bavaria at the end ;)

[@poldinho93]

​@@klamin_originalit's so obvious Bavaria is the only Bundesland where Markus Söder is the perfect fit as Ministerpräsident 😄

[@FrogeniusW.G.]

Laundry yes, vacuuming not really..

[@JuleDreiNullAcht]

Bavaria is very restictive on opening times (but only to shops who doesnt sell beer😆)

[@TheWanse]

Deposit is 0,08 € for small glas bottles like beer, 0,15€ for bigger glas and hard plastic bottles (more than 0,7 L) like water, coke etc and 0,25€ for all other single-use plastic bottles. The idea is to make the least environmentally friendly bottles the most expensive.

[@aglaiacassata8675]

In Germany, you can get very nice used kitchens for free! People give them away all the time, because their moving or buying a new kitchen. Kitchens cabinets can be arranged in multiple different ways, like Lego, to fit into a different room. Often, you will only need to buy a new countertop,

[@kpanic23]

When I moved into my apartment, the previous tenant asked me if I would like to keep his kitchen for free, so he doesn't have to get rid of it. He moved in together with his girlfriend, she already had a nice kitchen and needless to say, they didn't need two. So it was a nice win-win situation.

[@pippen1001]

@@kpanic23 this is so carazy as a swede, i´ve never heard of anything like taking their kitchen , most apartment s you rent here in sweden is unfurnished but that does mean you get wardrobes in the hallway and in the bedroom and in the kitchen and a stove fridge and freezer thats just not an apartment without them

[@edincuric3873]

what I really dont like: in every single argument she makes, theres something incorrect, missing out or a personal opinion is brought up, that has nothing to do with how germans work... and she states it like these are facts

[@bertibrause1669]

Very important comment, the video feels like from 4 years ago and just many false stuff in it. Seltsame Sachen erzählt die Gute da.

[@rbnlmp7421]

Du bist ein Stereotyp

[@edincuric3873]

@@rbnlmp7421 danke für dein ausführliches Feedback

[@TheOnlyOneSpeedfreak]

Im sure your sparkling water doesnt taste like beer, its more likely your beer just tastes like water.

[@Hey.Joe.]

😅 By the way, how can natural water just with Co2 tastes bitter or did he accidently got "Tonic Water"? Maybe something was wrong with that water?

[@tcyxicirzt3011]

She named the job section "employment" so she only talks about being employed as opposed to work as a freelancer and being self-employed. You can work as much as you want on one day as long as you are your own boss and nobody has power over you. But there is the legal limit of 10h for employees because employees often can't decide their work hours. Someone else makes them work. So this is a labor right thing. It is supposed to protect employees from exploitative employers and give employees more leverage in negotiating work hours. Nobody can make you work more than 10h. Even if the employee wants to work more, they can't. But as a freelancer, you can.

[@Rogue-Thoja]

Although there are of course always various exceptions. For example in agriculture at harvest time

[@highks496]

@Thoja In some jobs, you just sometimes need to work more than ten hours, not everybody works a 9-5 job at the office. It's not illegal as long as it's not on a regular basis. Also when the employees and the employer are on good terms and both know the deal, the state doesn't have to know everything. I mean if somebody is an event technician in a small company and they want to be the asshole who goes home after exactly 10 hours while their boss and his wife keep working, they should have chosen another career in another field.

[@lisalottakrumelfee9048]

She forgot to say, that there are also bins for used clothes and shoes.....

[@balduran]

We separate glass by color because it is almost impossible to separate it cost efficiently afterwards. And getting rid of the color during smelting is not possible either. If you e.g. want to smelt clear glass and you have some brown glass in there by accident, the whole batch is ruined. In general, throwing different materials into the same bin is never a good idea. Separating them afterwards is extremely difficult. If paper for example comes in contact with food it is completely lost for recycling. Thats why having multiple recycling bins is a good idea.

[@xinitrc]

Regarding the ambulance in the market place. Yes, that was a "Mobiles Impfteam" which translates to "Mobile vaccination team". Some cities had those where they stopped on different spots in the city on different days and you could just queue up and get your shot.

[@nik-roshansirak3398]

2:00 - It all breaks down to the fact, that we have workers rights and social security over here, so people don't tend to loose their jobs so often, so they don't have to move every other week for another job, they don't loose their homes immediatly, when they get unemployed, so people own their own furniture, they just take with them, IF they move. That's why most flats are unfurnished. But you are right, flats without kitchen are a pain in the butt... 😅 I would still say, that half of them come with a kitchen though. From the eight flats I rented so far six came with a kitchen, one came with a kitchen so messy, that we replaced it and sold the new one to the next renter and one came without any kitchen at all, so I bought one and again, sold it to the next renter, when I moved out.

[@ninaspallek6678]

You normally take your kitchen with you, when you move to a new home For example, my parents bought a kitchen when they married 1979 and moved in their first appartment. A few years and 2 children later, they build a house and planned the kitchen area to fit the kitchen they allready had. This was in 1989 and we have still the kitchen, that was in the first appartment. So you buy a kitchen and use it as long as possible…

[@trainerfrank9786]

I am 51 years old and I never took a kitchen with me when I moved. It is also very common to pay the previous owner a fee to keep his/her kitchen.

[@dnocturn84]

@@trainerfrank9786 This is more a thing in larger cities or popular living quarters, where your old appartment will get a new resident immediately (or almost immediately) after you left. But yes, of course, it does exist. It's not uncommon, that your old kitchen won't fit in your new appartment, so it's a good idea to try to do it like this.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Almost exactly the same for my parents 😊

[@flitsertheo]

It not common practice to take the fitted part of the kitchen with you here. As it is more considered as "part of the house" as "part of the furniture". Same reason why you don't take your bath tub with you.

[@maximilianreichelt9717]

@@flitsertheo Why don't you take your bath tub with you?

[@tsurutom]

Some sparkling water can taste very bitter, but then so will the non-sparkling version of it. The reason for that isn't the CO2, but the mineral content. Varying calcium, magnesium and especially sulfate will greatly influence bitterness, and they vary wildly with different brands/sources. That's also why it's completely legit to have your own preference when it comes to water.

[@LythaWausW]

Natriumarm drinker here, thanks for clarifying. In America I've given up on sparkling water because there is no low sodium that I know of (Gerolsteiner, ew!) So I just drink diet root beer the entire time.

[@thalon3707]

Thanks, I was wondering why he felt that way. I don't like beer or bitter and still like my sparkling water occasionally

[@SiqueScarface]

Kitchens come in many shapes and prices. My first kitchen costed me about 1700 Euros. Sometimes, you find complete kitchensets for 999,-. They are the cheapest of the cheapest, but they work.

[@l3p3]

I feel so german for actually loving all those different bins, including bottle deposit. It is so much fun to put in the bottles and get money for it. Makes it fun to pick up bottles at the streets and earn money from that. 😊

[@avr7120]

yes and the glass containers! sorting by colour, throwing them in and hearing them shatter feels so satisfying

[@realglutenfree]

Yes, when I was a poor student, I would go to the college library and collect bottles that all the richer students just left on their tables or trash bins. Made some nice money off that

[@LythaWausW]

I was at the glass recycling containers last week and someone had left a pfand bottle there. I looked around and then took it, "Thank you Universe!" I live way out in the sticks and this has never happened before.

[@thalon3707]

​@avr7120 I've always been loving the sound of the shattering glass. Such a satisfaction!

[@JuleDreiNullAcht]

But you are just allowed to use bottle containers just from 7:00 - 20:00 p.m (in the video you can see the sign). i think because the noise of the thrown-in bottles could wake up a neigbor (I'm surprised that no volume insulated containers have been invented yet)😂 so german-like

[@karlnapp7564]

Whoever sells batteries also takes them back.

[@thekosylife]

There are furnished apartments in Germany as well, usually they are a bit more costly than the empty ones, but they would probably be a good option for someone moving from overseas and you can always look for sth else when you're here. I think why most apartments are unfurnished is because it would be more effort and costs for the landlord to have to replace e.g. a couch or fridge in case it breaks. And as a renter you probably You would have no say what quality or style it will be. I actually like that apartments come empty so that I can furnish it in my own style. A kitchen is always a plus, however, because like you said, they can be expensive (depending on what wuality you want). 😊

[@Thorium_Th]

1:54 When I moved into my first apartment (completely empty) I bought everything from IKEA and it was roughly 2800€. Bed, wardrobe, 2 dressers, couch, coffee table, kitchen and TV cabinet. That was enough for a start. I saved a little more money and bought a dining table with 4 chairs, a height-adjustable desk and much more decorational stuff later. IKEA has amazing quality now and isn't as flimsy as it used to be. I only had to replace the coffee table because the top looked terrible but that's on me due to crafting with glue and not protecting the table. You pay more in rent if an apartment comes furnished and you really have to take care of it because it's not your stuff. And what if you don't like the design of the furniture? Most furnished apartments look very generic.

[@germankitty]

6:50 A couple of years ago, our son was visiting and did some carpentry work on the terrace on Sunday afternoon ... with a power saw. We were aware of the law, but simply forgot about it ... and some people in the neighborhood were pissed. So they called the police on us. We apologized, and thankfully got away with just a warning.

[@Geri_crs]

Cash is king do we say in Germany but a little different: "Nur Bares ist wahres" wich means "only cash is real"

[@SatieSatie]

When my family moved to Austria, I was given a bottle of sparkling water. After taking my first sip of that curious bubbly potion, I immediately broke down in tears (I was 5 years old btw) because it tasted revolting to me, and I believed that all water in this country would be like that. Now I love it. It's truly an acquired taste.

[@Elholz]

18:50 this video was recorded during the pandemic. They are offering vaccinations, specifically without an appointment. It was often very difficult to get an appointment or a vaccination, because so many people wanted one, and so many people were also sick, that the regular doctors were at full capacity.

[@wilfriedheinrich4175]

ebay Kleinanzeigen is a classified ads version of ebay. Without auction sale. But we also have the normal ebay auctions.

[@lilg2300]

it's now called kleinanzeigen, not ebay-kleinanzeigen anymore.

[@dasloddl]

it's similar to facebook marketplace

[@d3nso_]

it's basicialy craigslist

[@zanahrel1598]

:) Recycling in Germany has a purpose. Because almost everything can find a new purpose and be reused. This reduces overall waste that could harm our environment and poison animals. And we like to maintain our ecosystem for future generations. Besides, most people don't have any money to give away. A bag of returnable bottles can give you 8-10 euros back. Which is usually a help for many at the end of the month.

[@Winona493]

Three years ago we bought a twenty year old Mercedes for 3000 Euros (!!!!) and what can I say: it is a Mercedes and it works and works and works and never troubled us so far.

[@W4nn3]

And it's probably worth € 6000 by now 😅

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Läuft und läuft und läuft ist aber der VW Käfer. 😉

[@FrogeniusW.G.]

@@piiinkDeluxe Hat ja auch "works and works and works" gesagt!! 😄

[@Nordlicht05]

​​@@W4nn3at least our small Renault Clio had no value lost from 2018 to 2022. My Subaru had at some point when it was 15 years old over 50% worth of wich I originally paid.

[@flitsertheo]

Probably a 20 year old Mercedes will last longer than a Mercedes you buy today.

[@leak.5733]

7:05 In Germany, you get your salary after 4 weeks (1 month) of work. You have to find another solution for the first month of a new job. That IS usual. 😅 I got my first salary 6 weeks after my first day at work. Now, I get money every 4 weeks.

[@Forul89]

Am 15ten des folgemonats Gehalt zu bekommen gibt es auch 🤷‍♂️

[@Ethan_Hunt-AUT]

10:00 In Austria there is a law that every store that sells batteries is obligated to make the opportunity for customers to bring back used batteries for recycling purposes. Reason: fire hazard when throwing batteries in the general trash (general trash is burned/compressed in the recycling process)

[@harbingerofevil]

It's mainly about drilling into stone or concrete, loud partying and using the lawn mower. At least where I live the walls are thick enough that the people in the flats around (and especially below) me don't hear the vaccum cleaner. You can rent apartments via the main tenant. However, those are usually for a short time, usually half a year to two years. Some flats have a kitchen - at least the sink units - no fridge and no cabinet neither table and chairs. Kleinanzeige = smal/classified ad

[@Cekzvt]

I have bought more than 10 kitchens from kleinanzeigen, the last one was for around 250€ including the oven, dishwasher, microwave and fridge

[@piiinkDeluxe]

That's a steal 😂

[@beldin2987]

I pay 500 bucks per month in germany, and i had a kitchen in it, the only thing missing was a fridge so i had to buy one, since my previous appartment even had a complete kitchen with fridge and of course i didn't took that with me. Oh and btw. the "typical" german fridge is just like 80cm x 50cm and costed maybe 450€ at the time i moved in here. Oh, also of course there were always toilet seats and even some curtains but they were very old and brown and i goes most of the people wouldn't even bother to use them at all. I did because i just needed them to darken my room when i sit at the PC and i don't really cared that much how they looked, since its dark most of the time 😄

[@BluePhoenix_]

You have to seperate glass, otherwise you can't remelt it without sorting.

[@josephdonnelly1001]

Ryan you missed the point about "not getting paid“…..of course you get paid for the first month, but not until the end of the month. Also it is possible to get furnished apartments here in Germany, however if you plan making it a home, most people like to start from scratch. Thanks for another great video….see you tomorrow.

[@berndhoffmann7703]

9:02 - help no, that is how the recycling works in her area, it is not nationalised. Many services for the people differ from federal country to federal country, but waste management is even more decentralized it is mamaged on county level (Landkreis), from each county to the other the colour coding of bins differ and the plastic recycling system (gelber Sack) as well, pls if you are new to Germany consult with your municipality (Gemeinde).

[@biloaffe]

12:39 I've seen it mentioned a lot now that paying for using the toilets is discussed here. The following is true: it used to be free in Germany. In the 1970s, some discos started letting pensioners clean the toilets. they weren't paid for it. For this they were rewarded with a tip (voluntary), which they were allowed to keep for themselves. The operators then discovered that the pensioners were making a lot of money with it; if it went really well, that could be up to 5,000 euros per month. Afterwards, the pensioners were allowed to continue cleaning and they were allowed to accept the money, but were no longer allowed to keep it. The pensioners got a mini-job contract earning between 280 and 520 euros, and the shops kept the rest. Today it is a billion-dollar business, where the Eastern European mafia makes some good money.

[@giffimarauder]

If you use a public bathroom where you have to pay for, you mostly at the Autobahn gas stations and restaurants or at train stations you can redeem the voucher from that at the shop nearby, e.g. Sanifair.

[@S0nOfABeach]

Hey Ryan! I'm gonna explain this video to you. :) 1st: In many cities the apartements come with a kitchen nowerdays. 2nd: I have never been fined for vacuuming. I only got like 1 complaint in 22 years of living in an own flat when I put together a heavy desk at 11pm... 3rd: A quiet hour in most of germany is the same as any other hour. just without vacuum and lawning. Which...is not an everyday thing... 4th: sparkling water is like sparkling soda. I mean...why not water with bubbles? 5th: batteries and stuff like that: bring it to the recycling depot - you should find a video about that and watch that! 6th: Again: If you're paying 1 EUR for the toilet, you get a voucher valued at 70 Cents. You can then go to a store nearby and buy food for that. 7th: Trains are delayed - but that mostly counts for Deutsche Bahn (DB) not for the underground and S-Bahn. 8th: The "cargo" on the bike is needed, because that are students and they have bags or rucksacks. :) Also mothers have a baby-child seat on the back... :)

[@aliasWas]

Fathers too, in my world..

[@berndhoffmann7703]

19:16 no there is not a free health care system in Germany, there are private and public health care systems, those below a certain income cannot choose, they are automatically in the public health care system, but can chose between different health care providers. The costs are halved between employer and insured person. It is less expensive as there is a huge buying power behind, on the other hand not every health service provider offers the same amount services, one needs to look into it.

[@Huegell]

11:12 The Pfand on beer bottles (both 0.33 L and 0.5 L) with crown caps is 8 cents, beer bottles with a sort of bracket (Bügelflasche), glass bottles with a twisting cap and yogurt glasses are 15 cents, everything out of plastic (up to 3.00 L) and aluminium is 25 cents.

[@andres.8796]

It's actually not true that you are not provided with health care on a mini job. Mini jobs are intended for students and people in childcare who typically work a few hours a week. If you have a family and one person works full-time or even part-time, the other person on a mini-job can usually be insured under the full- or part-time employed person's health insurance without extra costs. Its a family insurance after all. If one person works, everyone is insured. If you are a student just wanting to work a few hours and earn some extra money, you are most likely eligible for BAföG. This is state financial aid that can help you cover costs like university fees, rent, and health insurance. Health insurance in this case has a fixed, very low price. If you have wealthy parents, you might not receive BAföG. However, they may be able to help you with your health insurance costs. It's actually quite difficult to be without health insurance entirely. There are usually opportunities to obtain it, either through employment, state benefits, or optional private plans. However, you might miss out on these opportunities or choose to reject them for specific reasons. Sorry but most of what that woman says is just wrong. :-( You will never get a fine in your mail by being too loud on a sunday. But maybe her neighbour wront a letter and fooled her because he was annoyed? I dont know but usually your neighbors will just tell you or if its a crazy loud party they will call the "Ordnungsamt" or cops. Also if you have to work for more than 10 hours your employer can be fined with 25000€ per case. So if it happend on 4 days its already up to 100000€. Employers usually don't do that unless they are just criminal assholes. And if you won't get paid or you get paid cash and have no insureance it's a crime called social fraud. Employers have to pay social taxes, if they don't it an actual crime. Quiet times are more like 10pm to 6am. Holy cow that women got a lot of stuff wrong.

[@Gaston413]

11:08 Yes, the bottle deposit for disposable packaging with this symbol is a standard 25ct (0.25€). Returnable deposit bottles have different deposit prices. As these have not been changed historically, the typical deposit value of a 0.33l or 0.5l glass bottle is only 8ct and 15ct for a PET bottle.

[@Smurez]

You can get new furniture for 2,500€-3,000€. Bed + mattress, kitchen + kitchen table + chairs, sofa, wardrobe, diverse shelfs/cabinets, lamps, misc.. It's really not "that" expensive if you search for good prices. Also you'll own it, and not your landlord. So just take it with you on your next move. Also, if you move out you usually have the option to sell the kitchen to the next renter or your landlord. I've moved several times but never seen anyone taking the toilet seat with them...

[@Auvas_Damask]

2:12 There are fluffy toilet lids or ones that close slowly that you can simply drop, you don't want to be without them!

[@Vaati1992]

Regarding mini jobs: you can only have one. If you work multiple mini jobs, you still gotta pay income tax. The whole system is intended to work best for spouses who don't wanna work THAT much (to still take care of the kids while their partner is the primary breadwinner), (college) students, and the elderly (if they wanna supplement their retirement). EDIT: Also noteworthy is that usually it's the German customs officials ("der Zoll") which performs investigations for unlawful employment, wage theft, and illegal sales practices (such as skipping VAT or selling cigarettes that haven't been declared properly when they were imported)

[@irenestahl1598]

Here in Sweden were i live every household has two bins. Every bin is devided in four. Bin nr:1 is carton, plastic, food leftovers and colored glass. Bin nr2 is paper, metal, clear glass , rest waste. Besides batteries and light bulbs. The garbage truck also separate the garbage when it tip the bin. Its superb!

[@queeri_o]

Okay some things should be sorted out I have lived in some rental apartments and have never seen anyone take their toilet seat :D The amount of Pfand depends on the bottle. Everything thats single use (most plastic bottles, cans etc) is 25ct. Multi use bottles (glass bottles and thicker plastic bottles) are 15ct and beer bottles are usually 8ct. The mini jobs are meant as a job to gain extra money (often for students, pensioners, people with low income etc). That's why its tax free. Not getting paid is extremely rare. If you don't sign a contract I can't help you 😅 In theory "Ruhestörung" (disturbing of the peace) can be fined. But in reality it almost never happens. The worst could that the police is knocking and shutting down your party at 3am. And you can absolutely vacuum or laundry on sundays. Because our houses arend made out of cardboard, usually your neighbor isnt bothered :D

[@nichtdiemamattv]

"More then 10 hours is not legal" nah thats not right. There are exceptions to that like "if you do overtime you should have like one or two days off work as compensation". Else in nursing we would have WAY more problems with missing employees as we already do 😅. About "getting payed at the end of a month" or "at the first day of a month" there are ways to get help for example if you need to change your workplace and you have problems covering the costs till the next payout (wellfaresystem can back you up but you HAVE to pay back afterwards and it can be a hassle not gonna lie). About the "fact" toilettseats are missing: Most landlords will install one when the current renter changes. In my 37 years with a couple of relocations based on where i worked or which girl i met and moved in with i had NEVER rented an apartment withouth one from the start 🤣 "pfand" is not always 25cents for example a bearbottle will be 8 cents. It can differ depending plastic or glas for example. Never heard btw about the line "cash is king" BUT there are smaller shops that cant offer a cardpaymentoption based on the transferfees. They can stack up high for smaller buisnesses. The housescrysis or however its called depends on WHERE you search for an apartment. More down the countryside the prices differ and also the availability. BUT you need a car then or good public transport options. She is right tho for example in hamburg we have massiv problems with students visiting a unversity beeing homeless..... its a god damn shame if you ask me. 19:03 is in fact a vacinationstation but you also find ambulances and so on for blood donation-events and so on. Insurance is a whole different story. You have to have one but the "standart ones" (we call them "gesetzlich versichert" which you could translate to insurence by law) arent that hard to get and the amount you need to pay will be counted down from you monthly paychecks automaticly so its somehow easy enough. For selfemployed its a WHOLE nother story cause they cost immense more money and you have to pay treatments in advance, take the bill to your insucrancecompany and they pay you back and some other regulations which can make it hard in that area of worklife cause you need moneyfunds of your own that you keep in advance so you can pay it in advance (its complicated as FUCK!). But i also have to say that there are institutions which can help as for example artists (by that i mean for example your in the musicbuisness or art and so on) can get (ruffly translated now) into an "artist-insurance-company". There the fees are a little less and so on. "Funfact": paying debts at your inscurecompany can be a hassle if they pile up cause BOY oh boy they will be after you for paying it FAST! Never EVER let that happen! 🤣 Just some thoughts about the facts and they are mostly subjective i will say but never the less i thought to share them.

[@Lisa-xn9xc]

The price of a kitchen depends a lot. You can get a new kitchen for 2000€ if you transport it yourself, install it yourself and don't adjust it, so it fits perfectly in the room. If you want a kitchen that fits perfectly and need someone to install it for you, then you might need ~10.000€. And if you move into an apartment where someone else lived before and there wasn't renovation inbetween - they might be happy to sell you the old kitchen.

[@PrueferAuge]

8:19 sparkling water tastes bitter? you may haave a "sour-bitter-confusion", because CO2 in water creates a weak and unstable acid, so bubbly water should taste slightly acidic. If you taste bitter, then you may need to "train" your taste buds i dont know if this helps: but maybe drink some bitter lemon and lemon juice (or any soda thats not sweetened to hell) from time to time, to remind yourself whats bitter vs whats sour

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

There are unfurnished apartments you can rent in Germany, and often you can buy the kitchen off the previous owner. You can also set up a budget kitchen for a couple hundred euros, though realistically if you want a nice kitchen it's going to cost a couple thousand, 10k is not completely unreasonable but pretty high TBH.

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

It is quite common for smaller apartments to be rented out with a kitchen. At least that's my experience of looking for and finding apartments in Stuttgart. And our translation for "Cash is King" is "Bargeld lacht!"

[@Gaston413]

12:42 Oh Ryan, what is that supposed to mean? Like, "If I have to pay one euro, then I'll fill the bowl up properly!" ? 😧 🤣

[@SandUhrGucker]

Kitchen: Just to be more precise there are (always a few) flats with a kitchen included. The benefit of the freedom to choice is worthy. It simply depends on you what kind of kitchen you want. Oh, and there are often offers to take over the kitchen from the people who rent the flat previously. Toilets: Yes, the toilet lid is up to you. Most people leave it back when they move, knowing it will be used by the workers/painters before the flat will be rented again. Tap Water: Tap Water is one of the most controlled groceries in germany. The Results of Water inspection of your house/street (every 4 weeks) are public viewable. Your taste of bitter sparcling water may be a cause of the sodium content. You can see the amounts on the water certificate on the backside of the bottles. "Trash" in germany is a big business. The People know its 99% not waste, its valuable material.

[@biloaffe]

2:16 Of course there is a toilet seat in every apartment and house! There are people who buy a new one because the seat is broken or because they don't like it. Of course you have to leave the new seat in the apartment when you move out. Many people don't even know that they don't have to replace a broken toilet seat themselves; that's the landlord's job; they then take the seat with them even though they're not allowed to.

[@herb6677]

We don't like used toilet seats and we don't like used kitchens. That is pretty much the same for us. In Vienna the toilets where you have to pay cost 50 or 60 cents and you always get a voucher to buy something for ledd money from a nearby store. So if you use the voucher, e.g. for a hamburger at McD, the toilet is for free. And it is clean, I mean really clean! Most of those toilets have automatic flushes so you don't even have to touch triggers, that everybody touches with fingers that were just used to wipe an a*.

[@prius_magnus3834]

There are also special Holidays here in Germany called "Quite Holidays" (Stille Feiertage). On these days it is forbidden to have any public sports-event or to dance. On of these "Special Holidays" is the Friday before Eastern.

[@TheMrMaxx]

11:05 Whenever you see this logo then it’s 25ct. Actually the Maschine is checking whether the logo is present and that it is printed with some special ink to proof it’s not home-printed.

[@noway2451]

5:21 when you get payed "under the table" which basically means youre not reporting your income or employment to the tax authorities many business owners will be tempted to screw you over. technically only THEY are breaking the law by employing you illegally (not reporting you) however if you report them you might get asked to backpay your own owed taxes so yeah... kind of a shitty situation.

[@Captn_Altblech]

Sparkling water doesn't taste like beer. American beer tastes like German sparkling water. Small but important difference... For the apartment without kitchen: Some have a kitchen, buuuut... Most landlords don't want to rent out an apartment with a kitchen, bcs in this case the kitchen would be legally seen as part of the apartment. So if something breaks (and it wasn't your fault), the landlord has to deal with it (repair/new one). And if e.g. an oven has a malfunction and burns down the house, it would be on his ensurance (because it's legally his oven, you're just renting it). About worktime: 10h/day max is right for most cases, but there are some exeptions. You are allowed to work a set amount of days (can't remember how many) with up to 2 overtime hours. And sometimes there are some loopholes "allowing" 14h/day. (Been there, done that) Glass bins: They are seperated by color bcs the bottles (or what's left of them after being smacked into the bins) will be molten back into new bottles/jars. And if you would mix the bins, you would end up with some new but ugly bottles.

[@Duconi]

You don't get the yellow bags in a pharmacy. Instead you get them in a drugstore. Drugstores mostly sell soap, shampoo, toilet paper, garbage bags, etc. drug stores also sell a few soft medicines like vitamins or cold medicine, but for real medical products you have to visit a pharmacy, where sales people have a special education at an university. A bit like doctors they need to have a degree in pharmacy to work in a pharmacy in Germany. If I'm right, the USA is mixing this two types of shops sometimes but in Germany they are different things.

[@nik-roshansirak3398]

3:30 - This is like Craigslist or Marketplace in Germany. Untill very recently it was owned and/or operated by eBay. We got "normal" eBay here as well...

[@nichfra]

For the trash a good rule if thumb is: If its something that doesn't go into your normal garbage then stores that sell the product will have to take it back. Like empty oil canisters can be handed in at gas stations, batteries at places that sell batteries, electronics at stores that sell electronics (they even have to pick them up when it comes to large electronics like fridges when you buy a new one)

[@JonasReichert1992]

Depends on the Kitchen there’s kitchen for about 600€ - completely new but without utilities. But even with all devices included you would end up waaaaayyyy below 10.000€ but of course you CAN buy Kitchens for 50.000€ but unless you have a Villa it could be difficult to fit it in

[@viomouse]

We've once bought a kitchen for 500 including fridge, stove and dish washer for a WG.

[@JonasReichert1992]

@@viomouse Glückwunsch!

[@JonasReichert1992]

@@viomouse Bekommt man jetzt nicht mal mehr bei IKEA

[@franziskaengemann3090]

the salary is usually paid retroactively. so for the month before.

[@AnnCath321]

For the 1 month without pay : Some jobs for ex cashier in a grocery store, I was paid every week when I was a student. Where I lived, Quebec, Canada, I know someone it's the first and last week of a month. Where I work, we are paid every 2 weeks (Thursday). And the pay are offbeat of the 2 weeks prior (offbeat not sure for the word for the translation I want /décallé de 2 semaines). So depending where in the pay circle you start, after the first two weeks, you may have nothing for a month or just 1 week paid. It's temporary !! And two months in the year, you will receive 3 pays.

[@helenahlm]

Ok, finally somebody needs to clarify this😅 Public toilets in Germany actually only cost money at train stations and highway rest stops. Everywhere else, e.g. in the pedestrian zone, they are free. Or you can go to a restroom in a restaurant or store. Sometimes, especially at events, the cleaning staff sits with a bowl in front of the toilet and you can leave "voluntary" tip, which is a few cents up to 30-50 cents most times. But that's not always the case. And at gas stations, for example, you put in 1€ when you enter and receive a voucher. If you then buy something at the rest stop and hand in the voucher, you get 50ct discount. So, in conclusion, using the restroom only costs 50 cents ;) However, I'm German and the last time I paid for a toilet was on the way to vacation at a big highway gas station

[@julianun7829]

There are different laws in GER Countys about whether there has to be a sink and an oven installed in the kitchen. In my county normally a kitchen is installed when you rent a flat. Fridge, washing mashine and dishwasher are normally owned by those who rent a flat. It´s not unusual to pay little money to the one who is moving out and you can keep his stuff so your flat will be fully equipped.

[@simonl.6338]

You CAN find (rental)apartments with basic furniture or an installed kitchen in germany aswell. On top of that often times the previous tenant sometimes leaves you stuff for a couple hundred bucks. It is not the RULE but it's definitely not uncommon. It is another story if you buy a place ofcourse but that is the same in the US I guess. I personally moved 3 times and everytime the kitchen and some cupboards or shelfs were already there. As a matter of fact from all I experienced in my circle of friends (who all live for rent) none of them ever had to install a new kitchen

[@Zinkhal1]

2:03 well in the end it depends on what exactly you want to have in your kitchen you could even stay under 1000€ with a cheap/used stove and refrigerator and stuff ... but at the same time thats just one room out of ... most likely 3 to 5 for 1 person ..xD 2:12 to be honest i never came in an apartment without toilet seats .. as far as i know there is ALWAYS a seat preinstalled .. you can change it for yourself of course but if you move out you have to install the old one back in 3:25 "ebay kleinanzeigen" is like i would say a bit more like a newspaper advertisement "cat is searching for new home call me" .. at the same time i have to say i just know it exist i never used it 4:03 pretty good question ... never though about it .. but that sounds more like "in one job" .. i dont really think its illegal to have like 3 jobs and work 13 hours a day ... the question would just be can you do it long term annd what are you doing beside work and sleep xD 5:08 im pretty sure that note is for the "under the table payment" which is illegal for obvious reasons i guess if you use unregistered workers ..xD 6:25 living my whole live in germany over 30 years now ... i NEVER had someone knocking at my door because of "something loud" on sunday in daytime ... for me it sounds like a case of "lunchtime rest" so the time from 1 to 3 pm where you have to stay on "room volume" thats a big topic for a lot of areas in germany ... and has nothing to do with sunday or not 7:30 never heard about "quiet hours" all sunday long .. yes a lot of germans wouldnt love to see or hear you mowing the lawn on sunday its mostly a "resting day" especially because of the fking church but still ... i never heard about something close to like she is talking about 8:20 i dont really like sparkling water ... but there are some more "options" not just sparkling or not ... a bit is fine but in most cases its just too much for me ... most of the time when i drank water it was tap water .. 8:58 and that time is over the free yellow bags are gone ;D 9:08 funny but that has to be some sort of local ... i know paper just in green xD 9:12 and at that point i know bio just in brown 9:26 and the rest i just know in black 10:50 thats the annoying part ... you are right thats 10 bins ... but you have up to 4 at home ... the up to 3 for glass often on a parking spot for some kind of store ... and the one for batteries and stuff are inside of a lot of stores ... xD 11:14 they changed it recently so im not aware of everything there xD but most of the "pfand" where 0,25€ ... and as far as i know they just added a few and raised a few to 0,25€ .. but you can see it on the receipt if you buy them :D 11:30 for a lot of germans "cash is king" is true and the only way yes xD a lot of germans dont like to pay with card or some other way ... its changing slowly but a lot of people still prefer "real money" in their hand to pay 12:45 it depends on "the bathroom" ... most of the time in a restaurant as example its free if you eat there .. and are lot are not like "you have to pay for it" but "please pay for it" or in the german way of thinking its "you have to pay for otherwise you are a poor asshole" xD but at the same time most "open bathroom" are kind of well cleaned because the money is used for it ... at the same time i never heard a german person say something like "this open bathroom was nice and clean" for every german all public bathrooms are just dirty ... most likely its because its not at home i think 14:30 its funny we are very privileged in that regard even if a lot of people dont appreciate it ... life is hard and its so much better for everyone else its not fair .. in germany we say "woanders is das gras immer grüner" or in english "the grass is always greener somewhere else" xD 15:44 even in germany the car can be cheaper then a kitchen ... but the kitchen will last way longer .. ;D you cant buy an old car for under 1000€ and drive it for 5 to 10 years without any additional cost for some repairs .... but at the same time i dont know many people without a car .. but i never lived in a big city or something and in rural areas the public transport is by far not good enough for most people .. there is no bus every 30 minutes or something .. next city maybe every 1 or 2 hours .. or even longer 16:40 very irritating I don't know anything about cars xD but if im not totally wrong you can get that car for 5000 to 10000€ in solid condition ... and the price is far beyond above that what im used to xD just know it from my mother at the moment she has a VW lupo bought it a few years ago for something around 500 to 600€ .. still working fine but most likely not for much longer 18:20 not even looking at it .. or even trying i dont believe my eyes will get it xD but its pretty common in germany to have a child seat or some kind of basket on the back of the bike 18:54 that was written on the back "vaccinate without an appointment" i dont really understand why she is not editing her video to show the context with translated signs at some points ..

[@spaceguygames8876]

I found the kitchen in Germany, which has a fridge a freezer and much more for thousand five hundred ein euro

[@gordonmilligan8847]

18:18 that “cargo” is pretty often young children .. in often what appears dangerous transportation that also for me from the U.K. is quite shocking. In Berlin where I live there are *no* bicycle laws being “strictly enforced” 😅

[@followthesparrow1]

We throw the toilet seat away because we assume that everybody wants a new one. Ebay Kleinanzeigen is similar to craigslist. It‘s now sold and not longer owned by ebay and therefore just called „Kleinanzeigen“. A new Kitchen starts at about 1000€, a good one of course is much more expensive. But it‘s also common to have Kitchen build in, it just depends on your land lord. It‘s also common to buy the kitchen from the previous tenant to a fair price.

[@nullplan01]

Self checkout here in Germany is a hoot and a half. Because all the grocery stores carry cigs and booze, and those can only be sold to adults. So if you have anything in your cart you must be adult to buy, the self checkout will let you scan it, then flash a red light or something to get the attention of some attendant that can then come over and verify you are of age. Until they have done it, you will not be able to pay for your stuff. And in some places, you cannot place your stuff back in your bags or the cart until you've payed. So you will be left standing there, waiting for some person to show up and wave a magic card at the reader that allows you to continue doing what you were doing. And the store is left having to employ someone to stand around at the self checkout just in case someone needs help. Still, if they have one attendant for six self-checkouts, the store probably still made out on it.

[@Gaston413]

18:40 She is false. The german government does not offer a free healthcare system! But it is complex to explain. As a worker it is mandatory to join a healthcare institution. It can be a private company (more expensive) or a statutory health insurance (standard). As a worker the costs per month is directly deducted from your wages alongside other deductions (social insureance, pension insurance, and taxes) and paid to the health insurance company. If you become unemployed and receive state assistance, the health insurance contribution is paid by the state (social insurance). So under normal/usual conditions you never need to loose you healthcare insurance if you "obey the system". But if the healthcare insurance is not paid from you, your employer or the state you will be kicked out. Then you can only get a emergency treatment, but then the bills come in like in the USA, not as high as in the USA but still disturbing high, depending on your treatment. As a self-employed person or entrepreneur you have to take care of your healthcare insurance yourself. And this is just a short and very limited explaination of a hypercomplex german system.

[@nelltheretrogamer]

There used to be a lot of those coin-operated toilet doors here in Finland but now it seems that during the past few years, they have all been replaced by a phone number. It is a service number that opens the door, the cost of the phone call is the cost of using the toilet, so that it is in your next phone bill then. 1,25eur the last time I checked. I guess they wanted to increase the price but knew that many people nowadays wouldn't have small change like that with them.

[@elizabethbathory9799]

When my husband and I moved in together we bought a used kitchen on ebay Kleinanzeigen for 250€, it had all the cupboards, stove and oven. We used it for 7 years and then gave it away for free since the house we then moved into had a kitchen. Of course the kitchen wasn't in the best shape after 15 years of use but everything still worked fine and a dude moving into his first flat was quite happy about it.

[@maiyomileetiey]

In the south the kitchen is often not included but in the north of Germany it's standard. I am from the north and was shocked as well when I moved to the south

[@friede6256]

I second this. I live in Hamburg and here in most of the apartments the kitchen is included (meaning a stove/oven, a sink and maybe some counter space but no fridge or other appliances). And of course there are toilet seats! :D (In the bathroom. Not in the kitchen.)

[@Winona493]

Hmm, don't know. I lived in Hamburg for many years and I moved a handful of times in this city, but a kitchen never never was included.

[@friede6256]

@@Winona493 Really never? That's unusual I guess. Was this recently or some time ago? I know there are some apts without a kitchen but in my perception those are very rare. But I might be wrong. ;)

[@jgr_lilli_]

I disagree! Maybe this is the case in Hamburg which has a very competitive rental market, but certainly not where I grew up. I remember in the 2000s/2010s when my parents tried to find a new flat and we went to a lot of viewings, the kitchens were always empty. However seems that is getting more common to sell your kitchen to the next renter as you move, and reselling has become much more comfortable with things like facebook marketplace or Kleinanzeigen.

[@Winona493]

@@friede6256 I have to admit that this was some time ago, to be honest more than 20 years, I just forgot how long. 🙈 I always forget how old I am in the meantime.

[@natsukiilluna6324]

My kitchen cost me 160€ altogether (including oven/stove, though I had to buy the fridge extra)

[@Keksemann666]

Yeah kitchens aren't super expensive.

[@Lancor84]

yeah you can often even have kitchens for free, if you haul them out of the old place yourself.

[@mindget]

The idea with the recycling is that you can bring it back to where you bought it. It uses alrdy available infrastructure and saves costs.

[@TheMrMaxx]

3:55 it’s very complicated. There are special rules for shift work and the law does not apply if you are the manager of other employees or if your are your own boss. But in general as an employee you are not allowed to work more than 10 hours per day on average. Even if you want to. It's one of those things where the German state knows what's better for you.

[@biloaffe]

Recycling: Every shop that sells batteries or light bulbs is legally obliged to take back the old batteries and light bulbs. They contain acids and other toxic substances that are not allowed to enter the environment; they are “hazardous waste” and are specifically destroyed or landfilled. // Glass: Glass is recycled! For example, you can no longer make colorless glass from mixed glass. The same applies to colored glass.

[@Keksemann666]

Ebay Kleinanzeigen is worth a whole video, its a history. But in short we also have our Facebook marketplacees

[@JohnnyRiot1988]

The recycling system ist much more complicated as shown in this video. Because every City have an other contract with the garbage disposal company. So u can be in a city which have this like in the video. But the neighbour city have an contract with an other company and it is totally different to your city. My city have green for paper, black for the residual garbage, yellow like in this video and for glasses we have own boxes where we put it in and the garbage collection will take it with them. And there are special thinks like bulky waste not included. And with the cash. You need in the great cities 50 cent or 1 euro for the shopping cart. In small cities like my own they removed it. But in the great cities the shopping carts get realy often stolen.

[@biloaffe]

3:20 So, eBay Classifieds was not like eBay, but was part of eBay until 2023. eBay sold the classifieds site, today it's just called Classifieds and has a new logo. Of course we also have eBay here!

[@guzziwheeler]

I live in the southwest of Germany (Südpfalz). Here, every household has it´s own glass bin. One. There is no need to sort by colour.

[@icetwo]

A fitted kitchen with electrical appliances costs between €1,000 and €2,000 at the cheapest furniture market. There are also cheaper kitchens, but these are compact kitchens where work surfaces and an oven are missing.

[@toomasargel8503]

01:59 not 10.000 USD .. I bought in August freez 1,82 high ( 6 feet high) by all included = transport to kitchen old out and test it work total 536 euro / 579 USD = no 10.000 all kitchen = stove ca 850, freeze 600, washing mashine 750 , furnture for kitchen 2.500 , sink 650 +work ca 400 = 5800 euro / 6350 USD. ..if they are new one. If second hand / used then take least half out = 3333 USD

[@ninaandianfan21]

The kitchen thing is why I went with a makeshift kitchen for 8 months after moving into this apartment here xD but is wasn’t really for financial reasons… the problem with the no kitchen thing (although to me it’s super normal) is that you need to get somebody who measures and can plan and get the kitchen here and install it and stuff which took forever during the shortage in 2022 🙈

[@MitmachGaming]

A few side facts about recycling: For many products whose recycling is expensive, time-consuming and particularly harmful to the environment, you already pay for recycling when you buy them. It is therefore free to dispose of them after purchase. These include, for example - Batteries - Neon tubes - paints - All types of electrical appliances - Sprays and varnishes - Light bulbs / energy saving lamps - etc. However, anyone who sells such products must also offer a collection point for free take-back. So if you can buy paints in a DIY store, there is also a free take-back service there. Of course, you can not only return the paint you bought there, but any colour. So you can buy paint at DIY store A and return it to DIY store B free of charge. In addition, every owner of a residential unit automatically pays for the free collection of household bulky waste (e.g. wardrobes, mattresses, etc.) or large electrical appliances (refrigerator, washing machine, etc.) with their waste fees. I'm not sure whether this varies from region to region, but where I live you can have 3 cubic metres of electrical and bulky waste collected free of extra charge every year. The way it works is that you register the amount of bulky waste with the waste management company (usually online) and then get an appointment for collection. You then just have to put the bulky waste out on the street. However, there are also regional differences in the type of collection and scheduling.

[@toomasargel8503]

07:50 quet hor at 23-06 and in summer 24-5 . That mind to Your aparment no must get that time higher noises then 55 dB (decibell) .

[@E85stattElektro]

You can also get furnished apartments here, but they are more expensive. Its often done to increase the rent per sqm, because unfurnished apartments don’t have to adhere to the local Mietspiegel.

[@toomasargel8503]

10:48 but that mind in aparmend with one bedroom Your coridor or kitchen is like 8 pins for differend trach = no room move ..because by one bottle You to not go out in winter where ice is slippery and snow is 1 feet deep.

[@mdre96]

I was really annoys with that kitchen thing when I moved into my new apartment a year ago. The people that lived there before me had a kitchen and one of the conditions for us to get the apartment was that we kept their kitchen. The price? 2000€. I’m a college student and that is a huge price. But it’s just simpler that way

[@r.d.5117]

Never bought a new kitchen. It is included in the rent or you could buy it from the previous inhabitant. In general a kitchen is build for the specific location and it doesn't make sense removing it when leaving. You avoid a lot of work and money just selling it to the next one moving in.

[@Duconi]

If a store sells batteries, they have to take them back. Therefore you find such collection stations in many stores. Same with paper, light-bulbs, electronics, etc. That's also the reason the yellow bags are free. The industry has to pay for that, because they cause the trash. On the other side it's also valuable resources. So for recycling paper, you even get money, as the use it as a material to create new paper. Therefore of course it must be clean. Cardboard from the pizza delivery service is greasy and must therefore not be disposed of in the paper waste.